A little over a year ago, we told you about a new building under construction at 17 S. 44th St., on the southeast corner of 44th & Ludlow. The building was notable in part because its construction was covering up the views of a mural on the northern wall of 21

Through some amazing coincidence (we swear, this wasn't planned), we last visited the 1200 block of Bonsall Street exactly one year ago. At that time, two new homes were under construction where Bonsall Street hits the 2300 block of Federal. Those homes are now, as you might guess, finished, with

A few hundred years ago, William Penn planned out our "greene country towne" as a grid broken up by five squares. And the core of Philadelphia has pretty much retained that design. But as our city has evolved over the centuries, different spaces have emerged that break away unexpectedly from

We recently discovered plans to redevelop 3900 Main St. while perusing the Zoning Board Calendar, and the address felt oddly familiar. Then we realized that we had written about this sizable chunk of vacant land over five years ago. Yeesh, we've been doing this a long time.The property (five years

Perhaps you've enjoyed a day walking around Philadelphia, pretending that you're a tourist and not a cynical resident of this wonderful yet frustrating town. And what a pleasure it is to be a tourist in Philadelphia, seeing things through more innocent eyes, snapping photos of the Liberty Bell, the Italian

We first noticed signs on construction at 4054-64 Powelton Ave. back in August, prompting us to reach out to the owner of the property to ask what was happening. We weren't sure whether the home and warehouse on the property were simply getting renovated, or whether they'd perhaps get demolished

Several readers have reached out to us over the last year or more, wondering about the property at 817 S. 9th St. and concerned it might collapse. That's the sort of thing that happens when a building has a couple of wooden support beams attached to its facade for many months,

In an age when Philadelphia seems to be losing another former church every month, it warms our hearts to bring you a story about a religious building that's been brought back to life. We were puttering around South Philly last week and stopped dead in our tracks at 6th &

Early this summer, we told you about some nascent construction activity at 4215 Chestnut St., previously the site of a catering hall. At that point, we guessed from the location, the scale of the building, and the construction permit that we found online that the building would be another structure meant

We've said numerous times over the last few years that Ridge Avenue is on the rise, and you can find two fine examples of this situation on the 1700 block. The most obvious change to the status quo is at 1731 Ridge Ave., where a new building is under construction